Abiogeny

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abiogenesis \Ab`i*o*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + bi`os life +
     ge`nesis, origin, birth.] (Biol.)
     The supposed origination of living organisms from lifeless
     matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living
     parents; spontaneous generation; -- called also {abiogeny},
     and opposed to {biogenesis}.


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           I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may
           be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of
           abiogenesis.                             --Huxley,
                                                    1870.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abiogeny \Ab`i*og"e*ny\, n. (Biol.)
     Same as {Abiogenesis}.
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